Only in the Republican Party could a draft dodging pedophile like Ted Nugent be held up as a patriot by one of their candidates for the United States Senate.

West Virginia Republican Senate John Raese said of Nugent, “Government can’t control the economy without controlling the people, can it? And that’s what’s going on in this administration. How many of you remember Ted Nugent? I do. Ted Nugent came to West Virginia to help me in 2010. He came along with Sarah Palin and we had a wonderful event.”